How to best use your NAS for file sharing | c’t uplink

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This episode compares several ways to use a NAS for file sharing and syncing. It weighs simple network shares such as SMB, NFS, WebDAV, and AFP against self-hosted options like Nextcloud and OpenCloud. It also reviews vendor-bundled tools such as Qnap Qsync and peer-to-peer sync products including Syncthing, Resilio Sync, and Seafile. The discussion highlights tradeoffs around remote access, VPN and DynDNS setup, performance, reliability, and mobile support. It also mentions lightweight cross-platform transfer tools such as Localsend and KDE Connect.

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